, 1887-08-26
THE WATER QUESTION.
The Subject Discussed BY the
Board of Trade Directors.
An Artesian Well Will Be Sunk at
An Early Date.
A Wyoming Exhibit Wanted at the
Omaha Exposition.
Work on the Capitol Building to
Be Pushed.

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trade directors at the private Office of
Cashier Parshall of Posts bank, last even
ing, at which were present President War
rem, Vice Presidents Draper and Nagle
and Messrs. Slack, Hoyt, Bresnahen,
Greentree, Treasurer Parshall and Secre-
tary Jeffrey.
The water question was discussed at
length, while the prospect for the erection
of railway machine shops at this point
was not overlooked. The committee on
water works and irrigation was instructed
to at once ascertain the feasibility of Sc
curing a supply of pure drinking fluid for
the city from a~rtesian wells. The COM
mlttee was empowered to take any action
liable to lead to an ultimate and salts
factory solution of the vexatious problem.
A representative of the firm of Swan
Bros, the a~rtesian well borers, will arrive
from Greeley in a few days to consult
with the committee 1t is reason-
ably certain that operations will again be
commenced on the well at the county
hospital, or that one will be sunk near
the pump house. 1t seemed to be the
sense or belief of the directors meeting
that the real solution of the water aues
ton lay in the sinking or driving of wells.
Having reached this conclusion, they will
act promptly upon it. The people of
Cheyenne depended more upon wells ten
years or so ago than they do at present.
Directly after the water system had been
completed many wells were filed, it being
naturally supposed that their days of
usefulness were over. At present many
wells are being sunk in the city, and inva-
rlably with the same result-a plentiful
supply of pure water is encountered at a
comparatively short distance below the
surface.
A letter was received from Hon. VIM.
Sturgis acknowledging the receipt of the
official notice of his e~lectian to an honor
airy membership in the Cheyenne board
of trade. In the communication he OK
pressed a sincere wish that the future of
Cheyenne might be prosperous, and
stated that while forced by business mat
tiers to absent himself from the city he
still had interests here, and intended to
increase rather than diminish them.
1t was moved and carried that 5000
additional copies of the pamphlet contain
ing the report of the board of trade be
printed for gratuitous distribution at
once.
A communication was read from the
the secretary Of the Omaha exposition
setting forth that as Colorado and Dakota
would be represented Wyoming should
not be behind hand. Space and trans
p~orta;ion will be furnished free of charge
for any exhibit which the territory or the
board of trade may conclude to forward.
The entire matter was referred to the
committee on mines and mining, which
consists of Geo. Masten, Philip Zehner,
ST., and Prof. f. j. Stanton. As it is
quite important that Wyoming should be
represented at Omaha, it is to be hoped
that the committee attend to the matter
with reasonable diligence. Ike famous
Wyoming exhibit which attracted so much
attention at the New Orleans exposition
was almost totally destroyed by fire, but
it could undoubtedly be duplicated upon
short notice.
A petition from Fort Collins, urgently
requesting the reopening of the Colorado
Central railway at an early date, was read.
1t will, accompanied by a document of
similar import from this city, be forward
ed to the proper authorities at once
Bills for printing, stationery, a seal and
compensation for the secretary's assistant
we're read and warrants ordered drawn
upon the treasury for the various
amounts.
John Roberts, of the committee on
public institutions and improvements,
stated that the capitol commission had
given them the assurance that the force
on the building would be greatly increased
within the next ten days. Work on the
structure has been greatly retarded on ac-
count of the non-airival of stone. The
board is assured that the building will be
ready for occupancy Nov. /.
The board of trustees adjourned until
next Tuesday evening, when the report of
the water committe will be received, and
definite and decisive action taken in that
direction.
Watson Recognizes Parker.